Combined sewing case and pincushion



Patented Dec. 28, 1948 V coM BtNnn SEWING CASE AND PINCUSHION John A. Zampino, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application February 15, 1946, Serial No. 647,797

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved sewing case and one of its objects is to provide a sewing case which will include a cabinet having a front wall or panel provided with numerous thread openings and a pin cushion which is exposed for use through an opening formed in the front wall or panel, and with an open rear, and which is constructed so that it can be hung on a wall or vertical support, and easily removed, the cabinet being provided with posts on which thread spools may be mounted to turn, and which are located in line with the thread openings, so that thread may be withdrawn through the openings.

With the above and other objects in View the invention comprises certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the accompanying specifications, and shown in the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective View.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, enlarged, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of panel block and pin and needle cushion.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practical embodiment of the invention, 5 designates a base, which may be made of wood or plastic, or other suitable material, and 6 a cabinet body, which may be constructed of metal or plastic, or wood or other suitable material.

The cabinet body 6 includes the front wall or panel 1, the end walls 8 and. 9, and the top wall H1. The top wall I0 is formed with a pendant attaching flange II, which is provided with nail receiving notches l2 and I3, formed in the lower edge thereof, and this attaching flange is wholly concealed by the top wall Ill and the front wall or panel 1.

The lower marginal portions of the front wall and the end walls are connected to the front and side edges of the base 5, by means of the fasteners M.

The base 5 is equipped with a series of vertical posts I5, which are spaced apart to hold the thread spools l6. Adjacent each post a thread delivering opening or hole I! is formed in the front wall 1, so that the thread may be pulled through the cabinet.

The front wall 7. is formed with a relatively large window opening Ha, which receives the body of the pin and needle cushion or pad. l8. This pad is mounted on the base plate or board I9 by means of the attaching staples 20. The cushion is held under pressure in the window opening l'la by means of the screws 2| and 22, the cushion or pad being swelled outwardly to project partly through the window opening Ila, so that maximum access to the cushion or. pad to insert or withdraw needles and pins may be obtained.

When the cabinet is hung on a wall or other vertical support all of the thread spools will be protected from dust, or accidental displacement from their posts, and when any thread is drawn from the cabinet, the cabinet will not be displaced from its wall support.

By lifting the cabinet from the wall it may be placed on a work table or otherwise supported near a person engaged in sewing, in which case the weight of the cabinet would be sufficient to prevent the pulling effort usually made on any thread to cause the cabinet to be be displaced on the table.

The thread is cut a sufficient distance below each thread opening to allow a certain amount of thread to hang below the opening.

The construction permits of low cost manufacture and by making the cabinet body out of transparent plastic material the thread supply may be instantly inspected, without removing the cabinet from its wall support.

Having described the invention, it is understood that various changes in the details of construction may be made in applying the invention to a commercial product.

Having described the invention, I claim as new:

1. A one piece metal sewing cabinet, comprising a base, and a body having end walls, a front wall and a top wall connected to the base to pro vide an open rear for the cabinet, the top wall having a pendant flange with mounting notches, the front wall of the cabinet having a, window opening, a board having an outwardly swelled pin cushion snugly projecting through said opening withthe board disposed against the rear side of said front wall, screws demountably connecting the ends of the board to the front wall to hold said cushion under pressure in said window opening, said front wall having a series of thread delivering openings, and means carried by the base for holding a plurality of thread spools for rotation in line with said thread openings.

2. A sewing cabinet having a one piece plastic Wall provided with a series of thread delivering openings and a window opening, a pin cushion having an outwardly swelled part which projects through the window opening, stapling means, a

board secured to the marginal edges of the pin REFERENCES CITED cushion by said means, and screws connecting the ends of the board and the pin cushion to the front wall of the cabinet to demountably hold me this patent the pin cushion in the window opening under 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS Pressure. Number Name Date JOHN ZAMPINQ- 525,509 OLeary Sept. 3, 1894 1,302,305 Byers Apr. 29, 1919 1,331,236 Brooks et a1. Feb. 17, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 25,884 Great Britain Dec, 12, 1905 The following references are of record in the 

